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“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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Ask Anne Lamott - Thursday, December 12th!
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Join us for a special discussion with author Anne Lamott on Thursday, December 12th! Anne will be discussing her latest book, Stitches, a follow u ...more
Q&A with Garth Stein
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In celebration of the re-release of his first novel, Raven Stole the Moon, Garth Stein, the author the NYT bestselling literary novel The Art of Racin ...more
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